Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-05-04
SUNDAY SCHOOL
The Twenty-Second Annual State
Convention.
The Report Of the First Days Pro-
ceedings-Large Attendance

The Report OF the F1res O1y'S 1E0'
ceedinRs-Large Attendance.
The opening day was suspicious and at
n m the audience room of the N. +.
church WAS filed full Of bright eyed girls
and boys.
They listened with great interest to the
addresses Rev. j. A. Bright OF Abilene
made bright little speech on Rain drops
and snow fakes" which just suited the little
folks. Rev. Payne illustrated with a mag
net end some tacks and nails, the influence
of The rust of sin IN weakening the attach
ment of boys aud girls to the Sunday school.
Rev. S. B. Barnitz, by several pictures and
stories from real life, showed that it pays to
rub the rust off the poor, dirty, neglected
ones.
Prof. j. II. Burke of Chicago, led the sing
ing. Prof B. is really . fine singer and
grows upon acquaintance. His voice in the
higher notes is especially clear and strong
In the evening the large congregation sang
splendidly under his lead. rship
Rev. M l. Gates, the president, was unable
to be at the afterno on: meeting. so the Rev.
T. F. Dornbleser, chairman Of the executive
committee, presided.
A little after o'clock, the president, Rev.
NJ L. Gates, called ebe convention to order
One or two by INNS were sung and Rev. NV.
Love led in prayer.
Rev. J. H. Parker was called upon to
make the address Of welcome, and he did 1t
in genuine Wichita style. He said: Should
l voice the sentiment of our people, would
say We, as citizens of no mt an city, Tin more
senses than one) wel-one you TO our city and
our homes. We ". lcome you with Metho'
dist fervor and with Presbyterian propriety.
We all belong to the Refol med church If we
are reforming our lives; we are all Luther
ans in our principles, and # we fill up all the
good points of all the other churches, we are
Congregationalists. We want to know you
not as members of a sect, but as servants OF
the Lord. We welcome you to city OF col
leges, embryonic indeed, but in our minds ss
certain of being aetuslities as the things we
SEQ before US: and these are going to be
Christian colleges, the Lord Jesus Christ
stands at the head Of them.
We welcome You to q city which has nc
saloons, thanks to our lew law and our efticl
ent city government. So you need not ex
pect to get any thjng stronger to drink her
than water or coffee. We welcome you to 9
city of great heart, but crowded or littlt
homes, SO you may expect to sleep double
There are tw o things Wichita needs, servant
girls and spare rooms We welcome you ts
city of magnificent distances. We vel
come you to booming city, which is not go
ing to bust. We welcome GU also to a city
OF Sunday schools This is the best thought
of all. We al striving to keep the spiritual
up with opr material progress. We vel
come you as citizens of this great common
wealth who are trying to redeem the state
for Christ We welcome you to this confer
ence hoping and expecting that it will give
an impetus to the work all over the state *
that the year 1883 will be one of noble, val
liant work in the Sunday school
After singing, responses were made
Honorable Nelson Case OF Oswego, gen
eral secI etary of the association sac
am glad to be welcomed by this audienc.
OF christians of all denominations. There j:
something more than sentrical in our meet
ing together as mt mbers OF the same body OF
Christ. We are marching to music which
has no discordant sounds, SO it matter not II
the drink fr,m streams flowing from the
cool alpine hills of John Calvin or the water.
Of Join Wesley. am glad this is a booming
city,-but Kansas is booming ali overland
l make you ,his proposition, that if you vii
come heIe and boom this convention for two
days We Will all boom Wichita for the nex
year.
Rev. I. r. Dornb'aser, of Topeka, express
ed his thanks for the cordial welcome giveI
him. This was bis first visit to Wichita
some years ago he visited one Of our present
suburbs, Seegwlck City. 1 am glad we hav,
such a booming city In Kans,s and it seem.
to me as if Wichita was going to outstriK
any thlng We have in the state; and from tht
number Of colleges here the prospects ar,
that the hub" will have soon to be iemoved
from Boston to Wichita But while we looh
at these cities of earth we ought to teach ouI
children that there isanother city " hich hail
foundations " lRse builder anu maker is Goa
and there is 30 institution that uots this like
the Sabbath school. Colleges give head
kno ledge. and msy only make smart ra-
Gals. Let us cultivate the heart, the con
science, which Las i'll it the idea OF know ing
together-GUd knows and l know. Let ul
teach cur Oh. loren to be ever conscious that
God knows aLu they know together all the
thoughts aid acts OF their hives. We here
ought 10 thank God that IN such city OF
business there are 10 saloons.
Rev. d. {. Miner Lavn z come into the
house was called upon, hi SAID he took it
for gial ted that We had received a warm,
corolal welcI me, anu my heart responds TO
1t. We come here for one Iurpoee-we want
s'in uius toI cur woIh at b,n.e i lave at
tend. every state convention for the last
thirteen Years, and have always gone home
Il ere. We may talk about methods, but
what we need Is the Holy Spirits influence.
Without it We can have no blessing In this
convention.
In the northeast section Of the state the
). s. work is looking up. He bad never
seen so much interest in the wolk, 50 great a
desire to be better teachers, or so many con-
veniences in the schools
The president then called upon the Rev. S.
h. Barnitz, from the sister prohibition state
Of Iowa. Rev. B. said: II am not sure
where belong. / have now been in Kar sas
four days and was here five days Ia March.